12 Facts About Sergey Izgiyayev

Sergey Davidovich Izgiyayev was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers, the author of nine books of poetry and five plays, the translator and creator of lyrics for more than thirty songs.

Sergey Izgiyayev was born in Myushkyur, a village located south-east of the town of Derbent, in the Republic of Dagestan, on the river Gyul'gerychay.

Sergey Izgiyayev was the only one of the parent's three sons to live to adulthood.

Sergey Izgiyayev's brother Hizgie, when he was a child, accidentally fell into a flamed tandoor oven, and burned to death.

Sergey Izgiyayev's contemporaries, men and women alike, thought that she was a beautiful woman.

From 1940 to 1946 Sergey Izgiyayev was in the military, where he continued to write and publish in the military press.

In 1947, Sergey Izgiyayev participated in the first congress for young writers in Dagestan.

In 1963, Sergey Izgiyayev was accepted to the Union of Soviet Writers.

Sergey Izgiyayev translated poems and plays from Russian, Avar, Azerbaijani, and other languages into his native Mountain Jew's language, Juhuri.

Sergey Izgiyayev translated the libretto of Uzeyir Hajibeyov's opera Layla and Majnun, and poems by Mikhail Lermontov, Suleyman Stalsky, Gamzat Tsadasa, Rasul Gamzatov and other poets.

Sergey Izgiyayev dedicated many poems to his wife Sarah, one of them was To the beloved that written by him while still the groom.

Sergey Izgiyayev died on 27 July 1972 and was buried at the Jewish cemetery in Derbent.